The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has arrested 10 miscreants and impounded 235 vehicles for various traffic violations.

The operation, led by the General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, commenced on Wednesday around Oyingbo, Iddo, Eja-Lonibu, Adeniji Adele, Sabo, Jibowu (Inter-State Terminal), and Oshodi areas that had long contended with traffic congestion, indiscriminate parking, and environmental violations.

This is according to a statement issued by the LASTMA’s spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq.

“During the initial enforcement phase, no fewer than 235 vehicles—comprising 38 private automobiles,156 painted Volkswagen commercial buses (Danfo), 19 minibuses (Korope)/tricycles, five haulage trucks, and 17 inter-state passenger buses — were impounded for various breaches of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018.

“Offences ranged from unlawful encroachment upon pedestrian pathways, obstruction of vehicular flow, establishment of illegal terminals, to reckless disregard for established traffic regulations.

“In one particularly egregious episode, five articulated trucks were intercepted atop the Adeniji Adele Bridge while illicitly offloading livestock—including rams, cows, and abattoir waste—thus constituting a grave environmental defilement and compromising both public safety and the structural integrity of the bridge.

“The drivers, in manifest contempt for sanitation laws, are now subject to imminent judicial proceedings,” the statement said.

Taofiq noted that the enforcement was being executed at the directive of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa.

“LASTMA is now operating under a strict zero-tolerance mandate against traffic infractions. All impounded vehicles will be promptly arraigned before the Lagos State mobile court for prosecution. The era of impunity on our roads is over,” he said.